Radio Show:HEAT! Live on Bassdrive Mondays @5 PST

Mark your calendars - even if you're still at work, you can log on to www.bassdrive.com at 5pm PST for Heat live on Bassdrive with my boy Delano.  Support the largest online DNB radio and your local scene at the same time plus jam out and confuse all your people at work!  They also have an ap on the site for mobile capability so you can listen on the drive home.  Muchas Gracias!

Organized Grime this Monday! CSD's Bday Bash Featuring Construct

Want to ruin your week early?  Monday's the best time to start!  Organized Grime, killing Tuesdays since 2010, brings you another installment with LA's Construct.  Come out and see your boy CSD and wish him a happy birthday!

 

New Review: Subtext Gallery Presents Chopsticks: New Works by Neko and Persue

I was unbelievably jetlagged when I wandered into Subtext on Friday night just before the opening night event for Chopsticks was winding down,  but I was determined to see the pieces I'd been seeing previews for all month.  I made it all but 12 minutes (literally - I got there at 9:14 and was back in the car at 9:26), but the show was no less amazing.  Almost every piece was interesting and/or fun, and mixed media really abounded. 
There were a few pieces by Neko which actually contained speakers and were playing music; "Bass (Inspired by Swishahouse Records)", "Butthurt (Inspired by Moodswings)" - a collaboration with Joey Vaiasuso, and "Choke (Inspired by Berlin, Take my Breath Away)" which were on wood board and very colorful.  Neko also had six pieces that were all painted on old Slayer record covers and two working guitars which were plastered in his signature US Mail stickers that he used to (and probably still does) slap up around the city.
The Persue highlight for me was the portrait of "Joey Ramone" holding a cat, obviously pictured above.  You can't get more my taste than that!  There was also a cute Japanese-styled piece called "Apocalypse Meow", done in Sharpie on vellum (where the hell he got vellum, I have no idea).  There were many rocker-inspired pieces by Persue as well as more Sharpie doodles, all really fun.
Despite my travel - induced haze, I was really impressed and actually moved by how good all of these pieces are.  It's great to see San Diego graff talent showcased in this way.
All the pieces will be displayed through April 26 at Subtext if you'd like to take a tour, please email info@subtextgallery.com, or go to their facebook page and send them a message.  Many of the pieces are very affordable, prices range from $120-$3600 so if you're looking for some new art, repeat steps above to go take a look.  As always, I have to give thanks to Subtext for putting on another amazing show and keeping a venue for San Dieo and other street art in town - we desperately need it.  Jetlag-inspired pics appear below. 

Spike & Mike's 30th Anniversary Animation Festival Held Over for 2 More Weeks!

Well I was about to post a quick story about how tonight is your last chance to catch this year's festival but due to sellouts, Spike & Mike's has been held over with 3 new added dates on April 5, 12, and 13 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla.  Anyone who was alive in the late 90s an early 00s should easily be able to tell me one clip from the festival that they saw totally stoned.  No excuse if you're not in San Diego, Spike & Mike's has been in every major American city.  If you don't remember Dirty Bird, No Neck Joe, or Sloaches, I'm sorry but I will need your GenX card back, and your copy of Reality Bites.  My favorite short of all time has to be the Les Claypool cover of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" claymation film.  Who knows, they may top it this year - it is the 30th anniversary after all!
So, now that you have your 2-week reprieve, get your damn tickets by clicking on the "Spike and Mike's" link above.  If you wanted to go tonight, 2bad sold out suckers!

Art Pulse Presents Prequel to Chopsticks Show: *Bonus Material: Graffiti Talk

If you saw my post on the Chopsticks event coming up this Friday at Subtext Gallery this Friday, 3/29, you now know a little but about Pursue and Neko, and should be jazzed to come to the show.  If you want to know more about the artists, the San Diego street art scene, and graff in general, you'll definitely want to check out this event I just found about about brought to us by Art Pulse, who I also just found out about and I plan to feature them heavily in this blog as it's a really rad concept. 
The event is called *Bonus Material: Graffiti Talk, and it will feature Neko and Persue as well as Sergio Hernandez giving a talk about all things graff in San Diego and beyond.  FB Event page is linked and the location appears in this post.  Please check it out and show the SD art scene some love!